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Death Doom

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Uncoffined ‘Ritual Death And Funeral Rites’ CD 2013

1st October 20133rd September 2019 Ross McKendrick 2013, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Memento Mori, Review, Ritual Death And Funeral Rites, Ross McKendrick, Uncoffined

DOOM METAL OF DEATH! That’s the definition Uncoffined have (anti)christened their particular deadly strain of doom, and on their debut

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Autopsy ‘The Headless Ritual’ LP/CD/DD 2013

25th July 20133rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2013, Autopsy, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, LP, Peaceville Records, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, The Headless Ritual

I think it’s only fair to admit that this review is heavily biased. There is no attempt to engage in

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Coffins ‘The Fleshland’ CD/LP/DD 2013

9th July 20133rd September 2019 Alex Varley 2013, Alex Varley, CD, Coffins, DD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Doom, LP, Relapse Records, Review, The Fleshland

Spewing out a slow motion Autopsy since 1996, Coffins have gained a reputable name through a couple of thousand splits

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Hooded Menace ‘Effigies Of Evil’ CD/LP/DD 2012

16th September 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2012, CD, Death Doom, Death Metal, Digital, Doom, Effigies Of Evil, Hooded Menace, LP, Relapse Records, Review, Saúl Do Caixão

Well now, here’s a record that really surprised me! For the uninitiated amongst you, Hooded Menace are a Finnish death/doom

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Album & EP Reviews C 

Coffins ‘March Of Despair’ 12”/CDEP 2012

24th August 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 12", 2012, CDEP, Coffins, Death Doom, Death Metal, Doom, Hammerheart Records, March Of Despair, Review, Saúl Do Caixão

“March of Despair” is Japanese death-doom stalwarts Coffins 57 millionth release. Or at least it feels like it. Hell, there

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Pike ‘To Cross The Great Divide’ CD/DD 2012

14th May 20122nd September 2019 Pete Green 2012, CD, DD, Death Doom, Death Valley Records, Digital Download, Doom, Heavy, Metal, Pete Green, Pike, Review, To Cross the Great Divide

Something smells a bit fishy around here. There must be something in the water. We’re gunna need a bigger boat…

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Surtr ‘World Of Doom’ CD 2011

5th March 20123rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2011, Album, Altsphere Productions, Andrew Sloan, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Reverend Bizarre, Review, Surtr, Traditional Doom, World Of Doom

It is with a frantic clash of steel and the scream of battle that these French Doom traditionalists kick off

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Volition / Juhyo – Split 3″ CD/Cassette 2011

31st January 20123rd September 2019 Saúl Do Caixão 2011, 3" CD, Cassette, Death Doom, Doom, Drone, Heavy, Juhyo, Noise, Review, Saúl Do Caixão, Small Doses, Split, Volition

If you were to look up “underrated extreme music from the UK” you can bet your life that, amongst the

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Album & EP Reviews L 

Lavagoat – S/T – CD 2011

28th June 20113rd September 2019 Paul Robertson 2011, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Heavy, Lavagoat, NWOBHM, Paul Robertson, Review, Somnambulist Sound System

Canada. There must be something in the water there that makes for such awesome metal bands…possibly beaver pee, I’m not

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Winter ‘Into Darkness’ Reissue CD/LP 2011

1st April 20113rd September 2019 Pete Hamilton-Giles Blackened Doom, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Into Darkness, LP, Pete Hamilton-Giles, Reissue, Review, Southern Lord, Winter

Out of the darkness emerges the most polished re-release of Winter’s ‘Into Darkness’. Pioneers of the slowest kinds of music,

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Ehnahre ‘The Man Closing Up’ CD 2008

15th September 20083rd September 2019 Andrew Sloan 2008, Andrew Sloan, Atmospheric, CD, Death Doom, Doom, Ehnahre, Jazz Fusion, Post-Rock, Review, Sound Devastation Records, The Man Closing Up

Here we have a new collective from Boston’s musical underbelly (formed from ex-members of Kayo Dot and Forefedglass amongst others)

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